The drama production train continues despite the doom and gloom of ongoing ratings and advertising woes, which is good for us viewers so long as maintaining quality can still be sustained. The fresh casting news on the K-drama front this week has established drama and movie stars Han Ji Min and Jo Jung Seok in talks to partner up for the fall 2017 supernatural and police themed romance drama Two Cops. He’s up for the male lead, a righteous hard hitting cop who’s life is turned upside down when his body gets taken over by the soul of a shyster. Han Ji Min will be playing a reporter who chases down stories and has to deal with the souls sharing a body shtick, which sounds too much like the situation in her last drama Hyde, Jekyll, Me that I have to shake off the shivers and hope that this is nothing like that trainwreck. Neither the leads nor the network has been confirmed for Two Cops but I’lll keep my eye out and see what materializes in the next few weeks.
Two Cops won a scriptwriting competition and will likely air on MBC, and I hope the execution is wholly original because each element from police theme, reporter love interest, and body possession have all been done many times before in K-dramas that it no longer seems even remotely intriguing on its own. If Jo Jung Seok and Han Ji Min confirm then this will mark their third time working together, first in Fatal Encounter the movie and last year she did a cameo in his drama Incarnation of Jealousy.
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I love JJS but seems I need to pass his drama with much regret due to HJM, I don't think I can endure a 16 episodes of having her regardless my love for JJS.
good choice!
I still can't recover from my fear of HJM after that very disappointing drama... I will pass if she is the lead as I really can't stand her monotonous voice ?
oh my......don't get so stressed...once you think the drama or the actress isn't your type. just skip it! you're putting yourself in danger.
HJM reminds me of Song Ji Hyo.Pretty but very bland and monotone in dramas.Its funny how they keep offering HJM leading roles.wasnt she like the second consideration for suspicious partner after Lee Sung Kyung's casting fell through?
I heard she was ok in 'fatal encounter' the movie with Hyun Bin as the lead.JJS was in there too so maybe it might work, since they have been cast together before. Plus JJS can create chemistry even with a tree, but they can at least save the problem, by looking for a female on par with his abilities.The last good drama of HJM I liked was rooftop prince and that was like five years ago.
Yes, he needs a female lead on par with him. HJM is on my list for being bland and underwhelming. He deserves better because he always bring it, and more. If it had been another actor in Jealousy Incarnate, I would have hated the character. Hope she rejects it. And I don't want any underaged idol as the female lead either.
How about Jun Ji Hyun?she is just year younger than JJS.Maybe working with a different writer will do wonders to her acting, so she will not play another Cheon So yi version 3.0.
just pray harder. or if she won't accept..just pray that JJS will decline. hahahaha.....
They should cast YEH - at least great kissing scenes guaranteed given JJS and YEH are tops in this dept.
The K-drama scene is pretty dismal. Haven't seen any after W. Lot of good reviews and yet can't get up the enthusiasm for 16+ episodes.
So returned to J-drama. Also not that good as before but shorter. I really liked Quartet though.
Try Suspicious Partner. I really recommend it. Ji Chang Wook and Nam Ji Hyun are cute together and the story is really interesting. Not your average rom-com.
Ok thanks will check it out!
PS: Ugh my earlier comments seem sort of duplicated, I thought the first didn't go though,
Fight for my way is also quite good. A light watcher & makes me happy ?
Not HJM nor YEH..., both are over rated. Besides YEH is not that likeable by Korean viewers, they prefer HJM to be honest..., but both are bad choices for JJS.
YEH perhaps, with 2 od the best kissers in dramaland at least some good kisses will be guaranteed.
Not very enthusiastic about K dramas of late, W was the last I watched. J dramas seem lukewarm too though I quite enjoyed Quartet.
Rumour was it mighy air on SBS on Mon Tuesday night. Would love JJS TO BE BACK IN DRAMAKAND... but sceptical about HJM. Shes just so lukewarm
Her acting is plain and boring to me lately. I know that she's popular. Her partners keep praising her about being pretty and kind but that's all. I'm happy that NJH took the role instead, she has good chemistry with JCW . I'm sad , i like JJS acting. How more dramas must i drop out because of the bad acting of one of the leads ?
don't be sad.....just pray that JJS will not accept the drama if HJM won't decline. LOL!
May be second time will be the charm for Han Ji_min with this kind of story .
One time I felt unpleasant like this is when I heard about Yoo Ah_in and Shin Se_kyung reunion in SFD ( they were costars in disastrous Fashion king). But SFD turned out to be ok although it is less about romance and more about politics.
So I will also have some hope for Han Ji_min.
Han Ji Min made a grave mistake by taking Hyde, Jekyll and Me. She was so terrible mainly because of her character and that unexciting storyline and subpar romance line. Her acting is actually a hit or a miss and I think she needs to consider well her projects and the types of characters she takes. But I really love Jo Jung Seok and he was excellent on Jealousy Incarnate and My Annoying Brother. I consider him as the king of dramedy (drama+comedy). [SPOILER] I still can’t forget how realistic and heart wrenching his crying scene was in JI when he found out that there was a high possibility that he would be infertile. And straight from a humorous scene.
@ Gilgit, totally agree with you about JJS acting and this beautiful scene. Amazing ! LOL